Louis Majorelle, famous for his Art Nouveau furnishings, designed a exceptional Art Deco stained glass window portraying steel workers for the workplaces of the Aciéries de Longwy, a metal mill in Longwy, France. The agency of Daum from the town of Nancy, which had been famous for its Art Nouveau glass, produced a line of Deco vases and glass sculpture, solid, geometric and chunky in kind. More delicate multi-coloured works have been made by Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, who produced delicately shaded vases with sculpted butterflies and nymphs, and Francois Decorchemont, whose vases had been streaked and marbled.The unprecedented complexity of… Read More